Anyone’s who’s played Trivial Pursuit has probably had to remember the names of Orville and Wilbur Wright and their famous first sustained heavier than air flight in 1903. The whole world is familiar with these American names.

However, according to a report in Chosun Daily, a major South Korean media outlet, the actual first “flying vehicle” my have been built in Korea 400 years earlier. It was reported in old historical records and used to rescue the lord during an attack by flying him an impressive 17km away.